SYMBIOTIC

BIOPRODUCTION

At this stage, the primary focus is reciprocity and
observation- to steer clear of the assumption that nature
is there for humanity’s personal use and to develop
a “symbiotic biomanufacturing proces”.

The Tree Coach project is a open source Art and Science
project led by Les Usines Louise (LUL) and powered by la
M[Y|NE, an ecohacklab in Lyon.

Originally we wanted to learn how to grow structural elements
from trees, using communication techniques derived from
observation of their natural way of growing (vegetal ethology)
and rejecting abusive training methods. This method of
production could have been called tree whispering, in relation
to the training method used with horses.

The longer term goal was to produce living furniture/housing
and other structural elements such as bicycle frames directly
from growing trees, making it a CO2 consuming process and
participating to a new economy of low to positive impact mfg
processes. (The trees would be pruned to preserve them and
maintain the integrity of the forest across generations.)
However it quickly became clear that the real issues was in he
way we consider other beings like plants, can we use them at
our will? Or can we establish some sort of equity?